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Llandaf Author Publishes Fast-Paced Thriller

“What you did wasn't murder… He deserved everything he got. In the old days, they slaughtered surplus animals in November. Blood Month, they called it. That's all you did. You rid the world of a useless beast…”

A brand new thriller set in the Vale of Glamorgan has been released by Y Lolfa publishers this week. Blood Month by William Vaughan is a detective story set in a fictional boys' boarding school in Llanover, where a young teacher chances upon the body of the unpopular headmaster. As well as revealing a list of possible suspects, the resulting investigation also uncovers accusations of sexual misconduct and a climate of jealousy and intrigue.

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Who Beat the All Blacks? Shortlisted for Rugby Book of the Year Award

Y Lolfa publishers are proud to announce that Who Beat the All Blacks? by Alun Gibbard has been shortlisted for the coveted 2013 British Sports Book Awards, one of the key events in the publishing and sporting calendar.

Published in October to celebrate 40 years since Llanelli beat the All Blacks, Who Beat the All Blacks? is now in its third edition and will compete against a 'who's who' from sport and literature at the Awards, which are a celebration of the very best in sports writing.

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Railwayman Publishes Humorous Book about the Welsh

A senior manager in the NHS and operating officer for the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway has published a humorous book inspired by Welsh characters and Welsh life.

Born and bred in Brentford, Middlesex, Ian Ashton considers himself an adopted Welshman and has released his first collection of humorous poems and short stories, The Chronicles of Gwynfor Cornetti. From Anglesey to Chepstow by way of Trawsfynydd and Penarth, with many a diversion on the way, Ian Ashton catalogues the eccentric lives of man and beast in Wales.

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The Welsh Dan Brown sets new thriller in Cardiff Bay

Penarth author Peter Luther, whose supernatural thrillers have resulted in him being dubbed by critics as the Welsh Dan Brown, has published his fourth novel.

A successful solicitor and an accomplished musician, Peter Luther's first novel Dark Covenant became a word-of-mouth publishing sensation and has already been reprinted twice by Y Lolfa.

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Keeping up with the Joneses... Why the Welsh have the best Nicknames

Nicknames are to be found all over Britain, and it is believed that in Wales, nicknames almost certainly began as a means to distinguish between the thousands of Joneses, Williamses, Evanses and Robertses.

The author of new book, 'Welsh nicknames' was inspired to start collecting the stories behind Wales' more unusual nicknames after a visit to Blaenau Ffestiniog over 40 years ago, and has been kept busy ever since.

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“Don’t sing the National Anthem!”

It's that time of year again: voices will be lost, throats will be hoarse, and all in the name of the highly anticipated Six Nations. But the author of a new book on the Welsh national anthem tells politicians, rugby players and fans not to sing Hen Wlad fy Nhadau… unless they truly believe and agree with the words.

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‘Crazy’ Cardiff Clergyman’s Story Told in New Book

A new book by John I. Morgans gives voice to a clergyman who was labelled a 'madman' by his enemies.

Born in Roath, Cardiff, William Erbery (1604–1654) was a clergyman and radical Independent theologian who was accused of heresy, and although acquitted, this stigma followed him into the twentieth century.

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Two Cardiffs Caught on Camera: Images of a City, Stories of its People

During the 1970s and early '80s, hundreds of prints and negatives of Cardiff were taken by the photographer Keith S. Robertson. These were left forgotten in drawers in an artist's studio in the city, with the photographer being told that his years of work had been burned and destroyed.

However, exactly two years ago the photographs were finally recovered by another photographer, Jon Pountney, who realised their value immediately. The result of his restorative work on the photographs, and the reaction generated from the people portrayed or who have seen them, is published this week by Y Lolfa in a new book called Cardiff before Cardiff.

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From Salem to El Alamein, the Contrasting Story of Father and Son

Following the 70th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein, the vivid account of the life of Second World War soldier Elfed Davies (1919-2002) from Cardiganshire and his time as a young soldier in the North African Campaign has been published in a new book, called Salem Soldier.

Salem Soldier is a tale of two halves, as it is the story of a father and son, Elfed and Brian Davies, both raised in the tranquillity of north Cardiganshire hamlets, Salem and Penrhyn-coch. They lived dramatically different lives: Elfed Davies recalls his journey from north Cardiganshire to the ravages of war, when he served his country in Egypt, Libya and Italy during the Second World War. When he returned to Salem in 1945, the place and his world had changed dramatically.

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Ashley Williams Reveals All on Life in the Premiership

Welsh Captain and Swansea City legend Ashley Williams has been through a lot in the last couple of years. From achieving Premiership status with Swansea in the play-off final to becoming captain of the Welsh national side, it's been quite an eventful period for Ashley, and he's now revealing all about life with Swansea City and Wales in a new book called My Premier League Diary.

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